Mexican Cartels Now Fielding Fiber Optic Drones

[worldstarcountry]

Well this almost flew under the radar, but looks like the future of proxy warfare may be making its way to the southern US border sooner than we hoped. But then again we are already in 2026 past the halfway point, perhaps one wonders how it managed to be held at bay for this long?? Mexican authorities during raid on criminal/terrorist organizations discovered a new asset among the seized items.

ZeroHedge

The latest warning that Ukrainian-style drones are just south of the US-Mexico border comes from a new report by the Mexican newspaper El Sol de Durango, which states that Mexican federal forces discovered an unjammable fiber-optic kamikaze drone during a raid on a compound.
The raid took place at a compound in the Dolores del Río neighborhood, located deep inside north-central Mexico, about 500 miles from the US border and about 560 miles from Mexico City by road.

 
From the local outlet:

The operation stemmed from a citizen complaint received by the Attorney General's Office (FGR ) through the Single Window for Attention (VUA), in which a member of the National Guard (GN) reported potentially criminal activity at the aforementioned address. In response, the Federal Public Prosecutor (MPF) requested and executed a search warrant for the location.
During the operation , supported by agents of the Federal Ministerial Police (PFM) and the Criminal Investigation Agency (AIC), authorities seized an explosive device , two magazines and 78 rounds of ammunition of various calibers, a drone, two ATVs, and four vehicles . The perimeter was secured by personnel from the Mexican Army ( Sedena ) and the National Guard (GN).

The importance of this find is that fiber-optic kamikaze drones, once largely confined to major war zones across Eurasia, from the Russia-Ukraine conflict to the Gulf area, now appear to be spreading worldwide.
Even more troubling, this drone was found roughly 500 miles south of the US-Mexico border. The discovery points to one unavoidable conclusion drawn from today's conflict zones: the US must supercharge the hardening of high-value assets against this drone threat (read here).  
Military bases, airports, power substations, refineries, ports, data centers, and other critical infrastructure are entering a whole new risk environment in which cheap drones can cause outsized damage.

The power of light ...
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[andy06shake]

Well this almost flew under the radar, but looks like the future of proxy warfare may be making its way to the southern US border sooner than we hoped. But then again we are already in 2026 past the halfway point, perhaps one wonders how it managed to be held at bay for this long?? Mexican authorities during raid on criminal/terrorist organizations discovered a new asset among the seized items.
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The power of light ...
Oi ve, this no bueno holmes!

It's not like money is an object to the people who traffic the stuff...

[SteamyAmerican]

It's not like money is an object to the people who traffic the stuff...

I agree.

The CIA & Mossad are not known for sewing peace regionally & globally.

[IdeomotorPrisoner]

I agree.

The CIA & Mossad are not known for sewing peace regionally & globally.

Yeah, but at least intelligence agencies use "game theory."  Not like a good/evil duality thing, unless there is an "Evil Empire" to use, but more a zero-sum quasi-superstition principle where every winner needs a loser.

So It's okay to traffic drones to a cartel in Mexico sometimes, if you view it somewhat objective and nihilistic. 

But let's break down (hypothetically) why The CIA/Mossad clandestinely trafficking drones to Mexican cartels or terrorists could work to The USA or Israel's advantage, yes?

Here is how this specific scenario checks perfectly to CIA/Mossad game theory principles. Sorry if I think too much here.  

Actors (Players):

• The CIA: A player seeking to gather intelligence, track cartel networks, or destabilize a specific faction.
• The Cartel: A player seeking advanced technology to defeat rivals and maximize profits, while trying to avoid government traps.
• Rival Cartels/Mexican Government: Secondary players whose reactions directly impact the primary players' success.

Information Asymmetry & Signaling:

• Clandestine Nature: This creates a game of imperfect information.
• The Traps: The CIA knows the drones are bugged; the cartel suspects they might be but needs the technology.
• The Signal: Delivering high-value hardware signals capability and a desire to do business, forcing the cartel to calculate if the reward outweighs the tracking risk.

Interdependent Payoffs:

• Win-Win (Potential): The cartel gets drones to fight rivals; the CIA gets real-time data on cartel operations.
• Win-Lose (Betrayal): The CIA uses the drone data to assassinate cartel leadership, resulting in a maximum payoff for the CIA and total loss for the cartel.
• Lose-Lose (Exposure): The operation leaks to the public. The CIA faces a massive political scandal (similar to the historical Operation Fast and Furious), and the cartel loses its supply chain.

Additional Considerations:

The Nash Equilibrium:

In this scenario, a stable state Nash Equilibrium is highly difficult to maintain because both sides have a strong incentive to be shady as fuck.

Prisoner's Dilemma:

Neither side truly trusts the other, so both are constantly calculating the exact moment to betray the partner before they are betrayed themselves.

False Flags: 

The strategy has been known to allow tragedy when the zero sum game considers the advantage of allowing evil for how the aftermath can be used.  The Greater good is always helped along by an amoral disregard.

[SteamyAmerican]

Yeah, but at least intelligence agencies use "game theory."  Not like a good/evil duality thing, unless there is an "Evil Empire" to use, but more a zero-sum quasi-superstition principle where every winner needs a loser.

So It's okay to traffic drones to a cartel in Mexico sometimes, if you view it somewhat objective and nihilistic. 

But let's break down (hypothetically) why The CIA/Mossad clandestinely trafficking drones to Mexican cartels could work to The USA or Israels advantage, yes?

Here is how this specific scenario checks perfectly to CIA/Mossad game theory principles. Sorry if I think too much. 

Actors (Players)

• The CIA: A player seeking to gather intelligence, track cartel networks, or destabilize a specific faction.
• The Cartel: A player seeking advanced technology to defeat rivals and maximize profits, while trying to avoid government traps.
• Rival Cartels/Mexican Government: Secondary players whose reactions directly impact the primary players' success.

Information Asymmetry & Signaling

• Clandestine Nature: This creates a game of imperfect information.
• The Traps: The CIA knows the drones are bugged; the cartel suspects they might be but needs the technology.
• The Signal: Delivering high-value hardware signals capability and a desire to do business, forcing the cartel to calculate if the reward outweighs the tracking risk.

Interdependent Payoffs

• Win-Win (Potential): The cartel gets drones to fight rivals; the CIA gets real-time data on cartel operations.
• Win-Lose (Betrayal): The CIA uses the drone data to assassinate cartel leadership, resulting in a maximum payoff for the CIA and total loss for the cartel.
• Lose-Lose (Exposure): The operation leaks to the public. The CIA faces a massive political scandal (similar to the historical Operation Fast and Furious), and the cartel loses its supply chain.

Considerations:

The Nash Equilibrium

In this scenario, a stable state Nash Equilibrium is highly difficult to maintain because both sides have a strong incentive to be shady as fuck.

Prisoner's Dilemma.

Neither side truly trusts the other, so both are constantly calculating the exact moment to betray the partner before they are betrayed themselves.

False Flags: 

The strategy has been known to allow tragedy when the zero sum game considers the advantage of allowing evil for how the aftermath can be used.  The Greater good is always helped along by an amoral disregard.

I mean yeah, sure. Pearl Harbor. 9/11. 10/7. Etc etc.

Thats a lot of words to say “we gotta justify our budget”. But I agree with ya mostly. Except the Intel agencies control the cartels and that sweet drug $…. Meanwhile killing off cartel members and “useless Americans”. So yeah. Win-win. If you’re evil and wanna run the world

And just to run interference, the “Mexican” Prez is saying she gonna issue a stern letter about ICE killing people here in the states. Lol

Ahem.

[worldstarcountry]

oh man your all missing your mark. Nobody has to traffic these to the cartels. Not Mossad or Hezbollah or the cult of the flying spaghetti monster. Drones and their components are  sold in nearly all developed nation-states now. They can be assembled by the part in custom variations. fiber optic cables can simply be purchased wholesale without any kind of license or regulatory/restrictive oversight (yet). Any one of you right here, can build yourself an un-jammable fiber optic drone after ordering a massive spool and a canister to hold however much footage of line you want for your purpose.

Citizens can begin building their own arsenals of these things starting this very week if you so choose. Probably best too spin up a handful of LLC's as holding companies and go between, which I am certain is the most likely path to accumulating these devices. Your local internet provider did not need to fill out ATF forms for pallets and pallets of spools of telecom wire. It is just part of business. Beware the spider webs coming to an urban street gang or militant foreign funded NGO's near you!